Essential phone

[Irrelevant]

i'm using essential phone for close to 4mths, no issues with the phone LTE+ connection. seems like yours is an isolated case. btw, are u on their oreo 8.1 beta or the nougat 7.1.1?

Nougat, that's why I think I got a bad set, having this my second essential first set don't have this issue.. dam shag. At first I thought it's singtel issue, but I try set no LTE Also will drop internet connection..

Furthermore this is the set i got without the front sticker when unboxed.. like someone said before in the thread may be a returned set..

Amazon gave me 3 option, ezchange, full refund or 25% partial refund..

 

[Irrelevant]

I picked lte and global settings

Btw under lineage u will lose volte. But Judy yo magisk download volte enabler and it's back.. Sadly this method does not work on my pixel 2 xl

Sorry bro I'm quite noob in this I dunno what's lineage only use the stock when I get

 

[joesph]

Sorry bro I'm quite noob in this I dunno what's lineage only use the stock when I get

lineage os took over from CM, cyanogen mod

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[joesph]

Nougat, that's why I think I got a bad set, having this my second essential first set don't have this issue.. dam shag. At first I thought it's singtel issue, but I try set no LTE Also will drop internet connection..

Furthermore this is the set i got without the front sticker when unboxed.. like someone said before in the thread may be a returned set..

Amazon gave me 3 option, ezchange, full refund or 25% partial refund..

25% is get to keep phone? full refund must return phone?

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[Irrelevant]

25% is get to keep phone? full refund must return phone?

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Yes, don't know what to do now, just did factory reset.... Wonder if it does anything, will wait for one day see how it goes..

 

[viperx]

Yes, don't know what to do now, just did factory reset.... Wonder if it does anything, will wait for one day see how it goes..

Why not try updating to oreo since you are having issues with your set? Read oreo fixed a lot issues.

 

[MGeaR356]

Ya get oreo beta 1.. It's damn good

 

[Irrelevant]

Why not try updating to oreo since you are having issues with your set? Read oreo fixed a lot issues.

I gave up, requested for refund.

 

[Syocon]

Any good custom rom to recommend?

 

[xRenol]

Any good custom rom to recommend?

I think most likely will be LineageOS.

 

[Honeydewz]

Until now any cheap front/back screen protector? so far what i bought sucks

back cant detect 360
front easy to come off

 

[mr168]

Official Oreo 8.1 is out.

 

[edmund_gan]

Done...

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[viperx]

Until now any cheap front/back screen protector? so far what i bought sucks

back cant detect 360
front easy to come off

The back sp, don't think there is any that is made to with in the 360 mind. U can try enlarging the holes for the 2 pins before installing the back sp though.

 

[Honeydewz]

The back sp, don't think there is any that is made to with in the 360 mind. U can try enlarging the holes for the 2 pins before installing the back sp though.

I believe the distance between the phone and 360 matters not the size of the holes

 

[samuelong87]

Hi guys, I've been observing the Essential phone.
Is it worth buying it at this point? And is the camera bad? Im thinking of switching from an S8+ and getting something more radical but am worried about if the camera will be a huge deal breaker.
But the essential design is just so beautiful and I love the stock android software and how they keep updating it.
Appreciate any advice! Thank you!

 

[w3]

Hi guys, I've been observing the Essential phone.
Is it worth buying it at this point? And is the camera bad? Im thinking of switching from an S8+ and getting something more radical but am worried about if the camera will be a huge deal breaker.
But the essential design is just so beautiful and I love the stock android software and how they keep updating it.
Appreciate any advice! Thank you!

Using the essential phone almost 4mths already. Like the stock android a lot. So far no issue with this phone. The camera app was not good initally, but after a few updates by essential, it was so much better now. You can also sideload the google hdr camera app on this phone, the pictures are stunning using the google hdr camera app.
No regret buying this phone.

 

[xRenol]

Hi guys, I've been observing the Essential phone.
Is it worth buying it at this point? And is the camera bad? Im thinking of switching from an S8+ and getting something more radical but am worried about if the camera will be a huge deal breaker.
But the essential design is just so beautiful and I love the stock android software and how they keep updating it.
Appreciate any advice! Thank you!

It depends what are your main deciding factors for a smartphone.

 

[samuelong87]

It depends what are your main deciding factors for a smartphone.

Thats very true.

I think the screen is most important since it's what i will be staring at most of the time, followed by software, battery life and then camera.

But i wouldnt want an awful camera. I used the Oneplus 3T before and I couldnt stand the camera and eventually i changed it, in part due to the screen too.

Sorry for the rant

 

[xRenol]

Thats very true.

I think the screen is most important since it's what i will be staring at most of the time, followed by software, battery life and then camera.

But i wouldnt want an awful camera. I used the Oneplus 3T before and I couldnt stand the camera and eventually i changed it, in part due to the screen too.

Sorry for the rant

The battery life was very good with over 10 hours of Screen on Time (SOT) on Android 7.1.1.

I believe the camera was quite bad at the beginning but it improved quite a lot after several updates.